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Happy Easter!

1 April, 2015

Happy Easter !

A quick reminder of things happening here for St Tola!

Our Sinead will be starting up at Kinvara farmers market this Friday, a welcome return for locals and visitors alike.

Our shop on site at the farm opens up today,10-4 MONDAY TO FRIDAY no BANK HOLS, tours are available but they are not held every day and must be booked well in advance, see our tours page for more details.... and don't forget to get Easy Food this Friday to see the article on St Tola and a new recipe too!

Of course the big news is GALWAY FOOD FESTIVAL! Starting this Friday and running until Monday. Siobhan will be tasting at Sheridans from 11-6pm and then in The Malthouse Restaurant from 4-5.30pm. Sinead will be doing a one off market on Saturday at the Galway Festival market. check outhttp://www.galwayfoodfestival.com

Spring Newsletter!

The Sun is still shining here in Inagh after a glorious St Patricks day! Its been a long winter but Spring has sprung and we have lots of events coming up here on the farm and around the country.

There are going to be some super food festivals this year. Firstly the 4th Annual Food Festival in Galway http://www.galwayfoodfestival.com is kicking off from the 2nd to the 6th April. Our lovely Siobhan will be tasting cheese in Sheridans Cheesemongers on Friday 3rd April from 11am to 2pm. If you miss her there, you can catch up with her at the The Malthouse Restaurant from 4-5.30pm the same day. Sinead will have a festival special cheese stall in the Galway Festival Market on Saturday 4th April.

The beautiful Mairead Garvey is pictured above at the recent launch of the Burren Food Trail and Burren Slow Food Festival. Thank you Mairead you are always a great ambassodor for us! The latter is a week long festival this year and details can be found at http://www.slowfoodclare.com/festival/ - make sure to put 16th to 24th May in your diary, there is bound to be something for everyone in this years line up.

There are more and more farmers markets springing up around the country. This Sunday 22nd March there is a new market in Gort, Co Galway, you can find our Sinead there with a huge range of cheeses and olives. Sinead can be also found at the Limerick Milk Market every Saturday year round & Kinvara Market every Friday from the 3rd of April.

Back here on the farm, our farmshop and museum will once again be open from 1st April, Monday to Friday (ex Bank Holidays) 9.30-4pm. We will be having the first of our Open Days on the farm on Tuesday 26th April from 12-2pm. Farm Tours are also recommencing from April. To book for the Open Day or if you wish to book a private tour please contact info@st-tola.ie or 065 683 6633

St Tola is making headlines in a few magazines this year. The April edition of Easy Food will feature an article and recipe for St Tola as part of our prize as winners of Blas na hEireann - it will be in the shops 3rd April! Over in the UK this lovely article was published in Good Things magazine https://www.dropbox.com/sh/wgu4h1z3zzknjim/AABE-DafUg8W393hbPR9PkOda?dl=0

Thanks to everyone for supporting St Tola over the winter and I look forward to seeing some of you at festivals or here in Inagh

Siobhan

The Burren Food Fayre

26 October, 2014

We will be participating in The Burren Food Fayre at The Pavillion in Lisdoonvarna as part of the Burren Winterage Weekend which runs from 25th to 27th October.

Shortlisted for the National Organic Awards!

14 October, 2014

St. Tola Cheese has been shortlisted in the Fresh Food Category in The National Organic Awards organised by Bord Bia. The winners will be announced Tues 14th October.

Happy recipient of Blas na hEireann Awards

Discover Cheese Open Days and New Markets!

30 June, 2014

As part of Discover Farmhouse Cheese we have a number of Open Days coming up here at the Farm! The dates for these are 23 July, 28th August and 11th September. All welcome and tours of the farm are free on the day. Times to be confirmed shortly - so watch this space. Please book before hand at info@st-tola.ie

Our lovely Sinead will be starting a cheese stall at the Kilrush Farmers Market, this Thursday 3rd July 9am to 2pm. This is addition to her stalls at Ennistymon Market (at the square) on Tuesdays, Kinvara Market on Fridays and Limerick Milk Market on Saturdays.

Come to Clare for the Summer and you won't be bored!

Siobhán and all the goats

Open Day!

13 June, 2014

Our next OPEN DAY here at St Tola is this Tuesday coming 17th June from 11am to 1pm. We are doing this in conjunction with Bord Bia and http://www.discoverfarmhousecheese.ie/. It is also National Bike Week next week so we have also a foraging cycle event happening. Bikes are meeting at Inagh Church at 11am and then cycling down to us along the back roads, foraging along the way. There will be cheese and crackers here for tasting on arrival - the weather is promised good so leave the car behind and get on your bike..! Ring 087 687 7890 to book your place (and yr bike if you don't have one!)

Award news!

4 June, 2014

We are back from yet another very sucessful year at Bloom! Big thanks to Bord Bia for organising such a spectacular show, we are already looking forward to next year.

For the second year in a row, the Irish Cheese Awards were announced during Bloom, we were delighted to be awarded Silver for our plain 1kg log and GOLD for our lovely ASH log! Woo! In the same week we won bronze for our ASH log at the British Cheese awards and we are waiting to hear what we won at Premio Roma in Italy!

Lots of news!

21 May, 2014

There are lots of events and lots of news here at St Tola! Our Roisin will have a stall this weekend at the Annual Slow Food Clare event this weekend 23rd to 25th April in Lisdoonvarna. There will be a range of events including a market on the Saturday & Sunday, cookery demonstrations, wild foraging walks, and a banquet on the Saturday - a feast for all the senses!

We have fingers crossed that the weather will clear up in time for BLOOM! - the biggest and most beautiful garden show in Ireland. There will be an even bigger food pavillion this year and our Siobhan will be there from Thurs 29th May to Monday 2nd June at our stall. The Irish Cheese Awards will be announced again there at the CAIS tent, lets hope we can follow on from last years success and win Supreme Champion! A great day out for everyone! http://bloominthepark.com/

If you cant make those events, come and have a look at us in our newly open ÉCONOMUSÉE museum and shop here at the farm! We are proud to be part of this fantastic programme. www.economusee.eu

We will be hosting another Open day here at the farm on the 17th June 11 to 1pm all welcome! We will also be hosting an open event and picnic here on the farm on the 21st July - watch this space for more details!

Hope you to see you all somewhere over the summer!

Siobhán and all the goats xx

St Tola Open Day & Vote for Foodie Town of the Year!

12 May, 2014

Lots of news here at St Tola! Great news that we have won "an award" at Premio Roma, a prestigious Italian food competition organised by the Rome Chamber of Commerce, we won't find out until the 23rd exactly what we have won though!

ÉCONOMUSÉE & OPEN DAY

10 April, 2014

We are delighted to announce the grand opening of our fabulous ÉCONOMUSÉEE - that is our living & working museum here at our beautiful farm on Thursday 17th April at 11am. We are honoured to become only the 3rd Economusee in the Republic of Ireland. Guest speakers David McCann Executive Chef at Dromoland Castle & Kevin Heanue, Economist at Teagasc. For more information on this www.economusee.eu The day is also part of Bord Bia Discover Farmhouse Cheese series of events and we welcome members of the public to come and visit us on the day, see our lovely goats & taste our delicious cheese! www.discoverfarmhousecheese.ie

See you all on the day!

Siobhán and all the goats xx

New Fresh Packaging, same lovely St Tola!

21 February, 2014

Our new packing for St Tola Divine and Original has arrived!! Its the same delicious cheese inside but with a fresh new design. Look out for them in your local Tesco and Supervalus and all good delis around Ireland. We will be posting some new recipes soon so watch this this space! Siobhan and all at St Tola x

Burren Winterage Festival

22 October, 2013

The second annual Burren Winterage Festival is with us again this weekend. Highlights include a working horse demonstration, a walk to the holy wells and pilgim sites in the Burren, a shorthorn cattle show, the annual cattle drive to the uplands and of course the Burren Masterchef competition at the Burren Food Fayre in Lisdoonvarna on Sunday 27th October from 1 to 5pm. A beautiful series of events celebrating the Burren ancient farming and cultural traditions.

St Tola Events Coming up!

26 September, 2013

Lots and lots of events coming up here at St Tola Goat Farm!

Our annual Open Day! Friday 4th October here at the Farm, 11am-3pm - all welcome!

The 6th Annual Harvest Banquet will be on at the Old Ground Ennis, Friday 4th October @ 7pm, EVERYTHING on your plate from Clare right down the sea salt! €50 for a 4 course meal, music and dancing to the wee hours and all for a good cause! All details http://www.clareharvestbanquet.com/

The Ennis Food Festival 4th to 6th October, a huge range of events including giant food fayre (come and see us!) on Saturday 5th October http://ennisfoodfestival.com/

New Opening Hours for our Shop!

12 September, 2013

After a very busy summer, things are starting to get back to normal here at St Tola. Autumn seems to have come all of a sudden but our lovely shop is still open. September opening times are Monday to Friday only 10am to 5pm.

The fabulous Brook Lodge at Macredding Village in Wicklow have the most fantastic menu for the Autumn season. The Big Harvest Menu features the very best of Irish Organic Food from around our beautiful Island. A 7 course tasting menu includes pork from the Crowe brothers in Tipperary, apples from Highbanks farm and of course lovely cheese from us here at St Tola!http://brooklodge.com/foodanddrink/bigharvest.asp

A big thank to you all involved in the wonderful Summer Party at the British Embassy in Dublin recently a truly wonderful display of food from around Ireland- our photo attached includes some of the star line up, Clare Nash from Nash 19, James Whelan from Whelans Butchers and of course our lovely Siobhan from St Tola x

St Tola Divine and Original on Special offer at Tescos!

19 August, 2013

Get down to your local Tesco - St Tola Divine on Special offer from now until 27th August!

Siobhans lovely sister Sinead is once again setting up her stall at Farmers Markets - come see her at the Square in Ennistymon on a Saturday 9-2 and Kinvara on Friday 9-2.

See you all soon! Siobhan x

Supreme Champion of the Irish Cheese Awards!

18 June, 2013

We have had a bumper month here at St Tola! For the first time, the Irish Cheese Awards were held at Bloom. We were delighted that our mature log won Gold in its class and also our new Ash Log won Gold in the New Cheese category and....Supreme Champion! Meanwhile in Rome...our Ash Log also awarded 1st in its class at the International Premio Roma Awards! We are over the moon here and its a validation of all our hard work and creativity.

Our new shop is getting busy - lots of customers from all over the world America, Canada, England, France and Australia. Come and see us - open Monday to Saturday 10 to 5 and Sunday 12 to 5pm.

Siobhan and all the goats x

Lots of news!

25 May, 2013

Exciting times at St Tola! We opened our farm shop this week on Wednesday!!! - We will be open 7 days a week from 10am to 5pm. Come and taste our lovely cheese and see our goats! We are delighted be able to offer a range of other local Clare products including Clare Jams in Doolin, Burrensmoke House Salmon and Wild Irish Seaveg from Spanish Point.

We are all looking forward to BLOOM in Phoenix Park, Grainne and Siobhan will be there next Thursday 30th to Monday 3rd June. It promises to be a bumper festival and this year for the first time the Irish Cheese awards will be held during the festival. Pray for good weather and see you all there!

Siobhan x

Event reminder!

22 April, 2013

Lots and lots going on here in Co Clare! This evening, a night of cheese and wine and the lovely Kilshanny House. It is the first event in a series of Monday night food events as part of the Burren Food Trail that is going to be launched at Hotel Doolin this coming Saturday night. The second year of the Clare Garden Show as the showgrounds in Ennis will be on Sunday 28th of April and it promises to be a fine show!

Galway Food Festival, Bia Duchais, and new stockists!

28 March, 2013

The fantastic GALWAY FOOD FESTIVAL is on again this weekend with a brilliant programme of events! Come along to our stall at Woodquay this Saturday for a once of revival of the famous Woodquay Country Market. see full programme at http://www.galwayfoodfestival.com/

Also come and see Sinead at the new re-opened Kinvara Farmers Market tomorrow and Ennistymon Farmers market on Saturday.

Our lovely Siobhan will feature in the Cáis episode of Bia Dúchais, TG4 2nd May 2013 at 9.30pm! Tune in to see our lovely goats in action and improve your Irish as the same time.https://vimeo.com/61711383

Foodie Forum at GMIT and CHEESERTS!

Come along on next Tuesday 04/02/12 to GMIT for the Foodie Forum - promises to be a great day. We are launching our new Cheesert too! Siobhan and Grainne

Foodie Forum at GMIT and CHEESERTS!

1 February, 2013

Come along on next Tuesday 04/02/12 to GMIT for the Foodie Forum - promises to be a great day. We are launching our new Cheesert too! Siobhan and Grainne

Foodie Forum at GMIT and CHEESERTS!

1 February, 2013

Come along on next Tuesday 04/02/12 to GMIT for the Foodie Forum - promises to be a great day. We are launching our new Cheesert too! Siobhan and Grainne

New Kids, new photos, Kenmare Food Festival

28 January, 2013

We have had our first kid of the year! Little one is too shy for a photo this morning but we will keep you posted. Kenmare Food Festival have posted us this great video of the amazing food event last summer- have a look at it on our Twitter account @StTolaCheese to see the full video. Mmm, mmm,mmm Have a look at this lovely dish from those great guys at The Pigs Ear on Nassau Street in Dublin, St Tola with, organic candy beets, blueberries and hazelnuts, delicious and a work of art too! Siobhan and all at St Tola x

Happy New Year!

28 December, 2012

Happy New Year to all our customers from Siobhan, Brian, Carmen, Grainne, Petru and all the goats! x x x

World Cheese Awards - Best Irish Cheese!

11 December, 2012

At last our certificate for the World Cheese Awards!! Our delicious St Tola with Ash Log won Best Irish Cheese at the World Cheese Awards recently and we are delighted to have such a great end to the year! Siobhan x

St Tola wins Best Irish Cheese at the WORLD CHEESE AWARDS!!

3 December, 2012

St Tola ASh Log has won the Best Irish Cheese at the World Cheese awards!! We are delighted that the latest addition to the St Tola range, our lovely St Tola with Ash as won such a prestigious award - a brilliant finish to 2012! Don't forget to come and see us at the RDS at the National Craft and Design Fair from this Wednesday to Sunday and taste it for youselves! Also the amazing Twelve Hotel are hosting their 12 Apostles of Food Producers - a celebration of local and artisan food producers on 12/12/12! Follow the link below for details on what promises to be an incredible bash. Siobhan x x x

Pigsback 20th Birthday and RDS Craft Fair!

27 November, 2012

Christmas is coming and we are getting very busy here at St Tola! Siobhan will be tasting out our delicious cheese at the " On the Pigsback " 20th Birthday party in the English Market in Cork this Friday - congratulations to Isabelle and all the staff there! The annual RDS Craft and Food Fair is on from Wednesday 5th to Sunday 9th December-come along and meet Grainne and Siobhan and sample our lovely range of cheeses! Siobhan x

New Awards, Off to Canada, Brockley Market, Harvest Banquet....!

27 September, 2012

Lots of news this week! All new awards this week as our log & our ash log picked up an award each at the Irish Cheese awards! Hilary will be in Brockely Market on Saturday & would love to meet any fans from South London. Siobhan is off to Canada soon as part of a Bord Failte Tourism trip to Prince Edward County - let's hope she brings back some sunshine and some tourists too! Don't forget the Harvest Banquet in Ennis next Friday 5th October - everything (&yes everything) on your plate growen, reared, picked or fished in Clare including the butter, salt and even some clever gardener has grown some lemons! http://clareharvestbanquet.com/ €50 tickets to charity ASRAL. X

St Tola Award and 50% off at Tesco!

14 September, 2012

We are delighted to say that we have won an award at the National Organic Awards 2012! Our lovely log was Highly Commended in the Dairy Foods Section! Our open Day here was a great success with schools from Ennis and Ennistymon visiting and lots of people traveling to see us- thanks everyone for making the day special! Just remember - St Tola Divine is 50% off in Tesco until the 24th September Siobhan and all the goats at St Tola x

Annual Open Day and 50% off at Tesco!

11 September, 2012

Its National Organic Week and to celebrate St Tola are hosting our Annual Open Day here at the Farm on Friday 14th September from 11am to 3pm. All welcome! Watch out in your local Tesco as well as St Tola Divine is on 50% discount from now until 24th September. Hope to see you on Friday - Siobhan and all the goats at St Tola x

Food and Wine Article -

29 August, 2012

Many thanks to the lovely guys Ross and Orla over at Food and Wine Magazine for the great article on our new product St Tola in Ash!

Divine Special Offer in Supervalu & Doolin Beer Festival!

21 August, 2012

Divine is Special offer in Supervalu - 20% off- great value. Get down to Hotel Doolin this weekend 24th to 26th August for a fine festival of Craft Beer, St Tola cheese and dancing! What more could you want?! Grainne and all the goats at St Tola x

St Tola Divine 50% Off at Tesco!

3 August, 2012

Celebrate the Bank Holiday - get down to your local Tesco for 50% off Divine until 13th August! Siobhan and all at St Tola x

St Tola on Surf n Turf!

23 July, 2012

A big thanks to Paul Flynn for supporting St Tola on last weeks Surf "n" Turf! Heres the link in case you missed us!

St Tola still on special offer in Supervalu for Divine, Original & the Logs!

Siobhan and all at St Tola x

Kenmare Food Carnival! /Supervalu Special Offer!

12 July, 2012

St Tola will be at the fantastic Kenmare Food Festival this weekend! Come along to the artisan markets on Sat&Sun & sample all our lovely cheeses!

Not in Kenmare? Don't worry, our logs, divine and crottin are on special offer still at Supervalu!

Siobhan and all the crew at St Tola x

St Tola in Sunday Business Post!

12 July, 2012

St Tola makes the Sunday Business Post 8th July 2012! Looking good with our lovely new ash logs!

St Tola On Special Offer in Supervalu!

5 July, 2012

St Tola Log, Divine and Original are all on a 25% Discount special offer at your local Supervalu from this Saturday 7th July to Saturday 28th July!

Despite the weather - summer is really here and now is the perfect time to try out some of our recipes.

Watch out for us in RTEs "Surf 'N' Turf" Wednesday 18th July - you are sure to see a different side to St Tola!

Siobhan and all the goats at St Tola x

New St Tola Product!

28 June, 2012

St Tola Ash Log, our beautiful new cheese developed in-house over the winter! When the cheese is fresh, we roll it in traditional food grade ash, and after a couple of weeks of careful handling, an elegant smooth textured and full flavoured cheese emerges. Now available in good delis and fine restaurants across Ireland !

St Tola wins at Premio Roma Awards in Italy!

20 June, 2012

The prestigious Premio Roma awards in Rome was held in Hadrians Temple in Rome earlier this month and we are celebrating after recieving news that St Tola was awarded Bronze Medal for our mature organic goat’s cheese log in the International section!

The Premio Roma awards are run by the Special Agency Chamber of Commerce for Rome for the development and promotion of the Speciality Agriculture Food Section. It is the 6th Annual award and the international section is for Ewes and Goat Milk Cheese only. The entries are subject to rigorous testing by 12 professional tasters from the National Organisation of Cheese tasters and other professional bodies. Each product must be tasted at 5 different intensive sessions before the panel makes any decision. This is the third year that St Tola has received a prize and we are honoured to have been recognised by such a prestigious organisation!

St Tola featured in Hello! Magazine!

19 June, 2012

Many thanks to Bord Bia and Hello Magazine for featuring St Tola! Yummy recipe - really good for brunch!

Bloom!

29 May, 2012

Crazy busy here at St Tola getting ready for Bloom Festival this weekend! Come and see us on stand 16 in the Artisan Food Market where we are sharing a stand with our good friends from Cashel Blue. The show runs from Thursday 31st May to Monday 4th June, the weather is promised fine and a fantastic day is to be had by all!

Congratulations once again to all the chefs and restaurants that won at the Restaurant Association Awards in Dublin. We were delighted that our new Ash Log was featured on the cheeseboard. Watch this space for more details on this cheese or come and taste for yourself at Bloom!

See you all at Bloom

Siobhan at St Tola x

Slow Food Clare & Congratulations to all Award Winners

21 May, 2012

Congratulations to the Slow Food Clare team for organising another splendid festival this year! Special thanks to Aidan McGrath and Donal Skehan for using St Tola in their fantastic cooking demonstrations - thanks guys your support is really appreciated!! have a look at their respective websites on www.donalskehan.com/ and www.wildhoneyinn.com and watch out for new recipes on site from both these amazing chefs!

A big CONGRATULATIONS to all the Restaurant Award winners at the Burlington Hotel last Monday night and a huge thanks to all the chefs that have supported us over the years. A special well done to all our Clare winners including Wade Murphy and all at Doonbeg Golf Club, Aidan McGrath at the Wild Honey Inn, David at L'Arco Restaurant in Ballyvaughan, Freddie and his team at the Town Hall Bistro and Peter and Ciaran at The Roadside Inn in Lisdoonvarna.

Filming at St Tola!

27 April, 2012

Great news! We are delighted to announce that on Tuesday 8th May, RTE programme "Surf and Turf" will be filming here at St Tola! We will be joined by celebrity chef Paul Flynn who will be looking at our cheese house and cooking some delicious goat meat! We will keep you informed of the date it will be aired.

As you can see, our goats are now enjoying the spring air and fresh grass - we have some kids for sale also, any interested parties to give Brian a ring on 065 683 66 33.

Don't forget St Tola Divine is still on special offer in Supervalu until 5th May!!

Siobhan and all at St Tola x

St Tola On Special Offer in Supervalu!

28 March, 2012

St Tola Divine and St Tola Log are now on Special Offer at your local Supervalu!

The sun is out, its 20 degrees today and it feels like summer - we have to pinch ourselves that it is still only MARCH! Its the perfect time to try out our new recipes - get down to your local Supervalu and get some of our lovely Divine or a slice of our delicious log while it is on special offer.

Kevin Thornton Recipe for St Tola

15 March, 2012

Kevin Thornton is the great philosopher of Irish food. His passion, understanding and drive to bring excellence to the plate has made him Ireland’s highest achieving chef. He was the first Irish chef to achieve two Michelin stars. Located in the heart of Dublin, overlooking magnificent St. Stephen’s Green, Thornton’s is a wonderful location for a sumptuous dining experience. The restaurant occupies the first floor of the Fitzwilliam Hotel and its capacity is 80 persons. Kevin has very kindly shared his elegant recipe for St Tola, Beetroot, Pesto and Toasted Walnuts

Beaufield Mews and Nationwide!

2 March, 2012

Beaufied Mews is Dublins oldest restaurant! Established in 1948, the current owner Julie Cox is carrying on a long family tradition of serving elegant food and wine in beautiful surroundings. Chef Colm Wyse has kindly shared this lovely recipe with us for St Tola, Courgette and Leek Tart.

New Kids! New Recipe!

19 January, 2012

Spring is in the air here at St Tola! We have had 25 kids born this week on the farm - as you can see from our kid photograph everyone is doing well! We have also been busy in the kitchen - spring might be in the air but we still love our warm hearty meals in the evening. Try out our new recipe for Chicken stuffed with St Tola with lentils and sweet beets. Trade partners should watch out for us at Marketplace on February 7th in Dublin and watch this space for date for our slot on Nationwide. Siobhan and all at St Tola x